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(43) Date of publication: 15.12.2021 Bulletin 2021/50 (21) Application number: 20709039.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.02.2020

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 34/10(2016.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 5/004; A61B 5/0077; A61B 5/064; A61B 5/1072; A61B 5/1118; A61B 5/4585; A61B 17/154; A61B 17/1764; A61B 2017/00207; A61B 2017/00221; A61B 2505/05; A61B 34/10; A61B 34/20; A61B 34/25; A61B 34/30; A61B 90/96; A61B 2034/102; A61B 2034/104; A61B 2034/105; A61B 2034/107; A61B 2034/108; A61B 2034/2048; A61B 2034/2051; A61B 2034/2055; A61B 2034/2057; A61B 2034/2063; A61B 2034/2065; A61B 2034/2068; A61B 2034/252; A61B 2034/254; A61B 2034/256; A61B 2034/258; A61B 2090/365; A61B 2090/371; A61B 2090/372; A61B 2090/376; A61B 2090/378; A61B 2090/3983; A61B 2090/502; G06N 3/0445; G06N 3/08; G06N 5/003; G06N 5/046; G16H 20/40; G16H 50/50; G06N 20/10; Y02A 90/10 (86) International application number: PCT/US2020/016562 (87) International publication number: WO 2020/163317 (13.08.2020 Gazette 2020/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 05.02.2019 US 201962801245 P 05.02.2019 US 201962801257 P 21.06.2019 US 201962864663 P 12.08.2019 US 201962885673 P 25.11.2019 US 201962939946 P (71) Applicants: Smith&Nephew, Inc. Memphis, Tennessee 38116 (US) Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG 6300 Zug (CH) Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited Singapore (SG)

(72) Inventors: MCKINNON, Brian W. Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) MARINESCU TANASOCA, Ruxandra Cristiana Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) WINEBARGER, Randy C. Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) BOWERS, JR., William L. Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) WIEBE III, James Bennett Coldwater, Mississippi 38618 (US) LENZ, Nathaniel Milton Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) HADDOCK, Sean M. Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) LANDON, Ryan Lloyd Cordova, Tennessee 38016 (US) MCGUAN, Shawn P. Andover, Massachusetts 01810 (US) NIKOU, Constantinos Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 (US) DUXBURY, Elizabeth Andover, Massachusetts 01810 (US) (74) Representative: Appleyard Lees IP LLP  15 Clare Road Halifax HX1 2HY Halifax HX1 2HY (GB)